Good morning. Here's your federal-contracting briefing for August 25, 2026 — 3 new items from across the market.

📡 The Wire

Dell Federal Systems Wins $27.78M ICE Task Order for Microsoft Enterprise Licensing
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has awarded Dell Federal Systems L.P. a $27,780,623.73 blanket purchase agreement call for Microsoft Enterprise Software Licenses and unified specialized support, running through March 2027.

NASA Directs $822.97M Task Order to Caltech's JPL for Psyche Asteroid Mission
NASA has obligated $822,965,672 to the California Institute of Technology under a sole-source task order supporting the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Psyche mission to a metal-rich asteroid, with a period of performance running through September 2028.

Northrop Grumman's $4.4 Billion Ares I First-Stage Contract Still Shows Activity 16 Years Later
Federal spending records show a $4.4 billion NASA contract held by Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation for Ares I first-stage development — signed in 2007 for a Constellation program launch vehicle NASA cancelled in 2010 — received a recorded modification this week.

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